Robert Dee again tries his luck in qualifying here. James Ward keeps him company...
QR1:
Robert Dee WR 1541 vs Pablo Martin-Adalia (Esp) WR 1541
How many games will Dee win here? I'm going for a fortunate 1 at 6-0, 5-0
(11) James Ward receives a bye
Draw: http://www.tenniseurope.org/PDF/Professional/Mens/2007/Jan-Mar07/PalmadeMallorca/sq.pdf
Good prediction there!
QR1: Robert Dee WR 1541 lost to Pablo Martin-Adalia (ESP) WR 1541 by 0 & 1
QR2: (q11) James Ward WR 912 v (WC) Antonio Martin-Velez (ESP) UNR
QR2 is being played on Sunday.
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Ward won 3-6 6-2 6-1
and qualifies for the main draw!
best possible main draw for James
Granollers-Pujol. An unranked fellow qualifier
James started at 9.30 Spanish time.
Could well be over by now!
Gerard Granollers-Pujol is 18 and from Barcelona.
His older brother Marcel is ranked 162 in the world.
He's never won a main draw match and has been failing to qualify for futures in Spain for about a year.
Slabba beat him 2 and 1 in May last year on clay and given that Ward regularly qualifes in the same tournaments I would make James the favourite here.
James won 6-4 6-2! Another ranking point in the bag!!!
Next up is 3rd seed Mohammed Maamoun of Egypt, ranked 347, brought up on clay
BUT
with a lot of points from north African futures
johnnylad wrote: Beauty! Another QF points haul in the bag!James plays 6th seed Javier Genaro-Martinez of Spain in QF'sGenaro-Martinez is 27, ranked 359 with a high of 247 in August 2004He is in form having been losing finalist at both Spanish Futures tournaments this yearPlay up James!